The big story in The New York Times on November 20, 1985, concerned Hurricane Kate's advance as it smashed into northern Cuba and the Florida Keys before barreling north to threaten the Gulf Coast. But another big story -- for the technology world -- was about to unfold thousands of miles away in Las Vegas, where the Comdex trade show was getting under way.

Apple TV for example, 2nd and 3rd generation are still updated, but the first not anymore since a long time. The first iPhone and iPad were either lacking features or got obsoleted much quicker than following generations.

First Android phone.

Linux sucked for some time.

I guess every version 1 (Windows, Linux, Android) sucked either from the start or when compared to 2nd and following generations (iPad, iPhone, Apple TV).

To be successful in this business you need a long breath (==money) and figure out the weaknesses in your product and fix them.

With Windows Microsoft took a very long time to get things right. Even though version 3 brought them success, it still sucked. Windows 3.11 and Windows 2000 were some bright spots I guess, but Windows 7 (or perhaps Vista + service packs) was the first Windows version that didn't suck. And then they released Windows 8!!!

You have to define a bit more what you mean by any of those terms. My linux laptop and android phone happily perform as well as any other system in any of those 3 areas you mentioned, and do so with plenty of mobility. But then again, I wasn't subscribed to Linux Journal so who knows...

That is why I keep it for server side development and my little netbook.

My main laptop uses Windows 7 and I was a Linux Journal subscriber from 1995 until 2004. "

I have to ask..in what respect does it suck for multimedia, 3D, and mobile? Those aspects of Linux are all fine for me but maybe you have different requirements. Those all did suck very much for a long time but they are quite good now...at least in my opinion.

Apple TV for example, 2nd and 3rd generation are still updated, but the first not anymore since a long time. The first iPhone and iPad were either lacking features or got obsoleted much quicker than following generations.

First Android phone.

Linux sucked for some time.

I guess every version 1 (Windows, Linux, Android) sucked either from the start or when compared to 2nd and following generations (iPad, iPhone, Apple TV).

To be successful in this business you need a long breath (==money) and figure out the weaknesses in your product and fix them.

With Windows Microsoft took a very long time to get things right. Even though version 3 brought them success, it still sucked. Windows 3.11 and Windows 2000 were some bright spots I guess, but Windows 7 (or perhaps Vista + service packs) was the first Windows version that didn't suck. And then they released Windows 8!!!